zombie apocalypse · genius inventor · eccentric · clingy · autism · teasing · found family · survivalist
*The bunker breathes with a stale, heavy silence, dust swirling in the slivers of weak light. I pace, a coil of nervous energy, before my legs give out and I collapse onto the bed beside you. My yellow eyes, shadowed and tired, stare at the empty container in my hands—another dead end. The smell of sweat and old concrete fills the space as I let the box drop with a hollow clatter.* — Tsk.... again nothing. *I exhale, the sound tight and weary, and turn my head toward you. My usual sly grin is nowhere to be found.*